From the Thrilling Detective website, I saw the following (in
the "Thoughts on the Future of the Genre" http://www.thrillingdetective.com/trivia/triv136.html
page):
"In the corporate culture of late-twentieth century America,
an independent operator is a loser. (Freelance writers like
Block know this as well as anyone does.) The private eye,
that seductive image of incorruptible independence, just
doesn't correspond to our current sense of ourselves. In 1950
Chandler wrote," The private eye is admittedly an
exaggeration--a fantasy. But at least he's an exaggeration of
the possible." Not anymore, I'm afraid.".."
Anybody care to elaborate on this? Agree or disagree? What is
the "current sense of ourselves"? I believe that if we (as
Americans, presumably) don't see ourselves as independent
operators and incorruptible, this is a sea-change! Have we
Americans (presumably) altered our Weltanschauung
("world view")?
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